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<div property="content:encoded" class="field-item even"><p>If you're doing Drupal development, having a local sandbox is a necessity. Why? <strong><ins>No one</ins></strong> should be making untested changes on a production or staging server. And, a development server should be free of initial development errors where the developer should execute a small set of engineering tests before deployment. Plus, it can be time consuming to regularly deploy code developed locally onto a development server. To summarize: a local sandbox is absolutely best practice.</p></div>
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<span property="dc:title" content="Local Drupal Development Sandboxes" class="rdf-meta element-hidden"></span>Tue, 12 Aug 2014 20:29:03 +0000adam.bergstein3192011 at http://www.acquia.comOpen source tools are freehttp://www.acquia.com/blog/open-source-tools-are-free
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<div property="content:encoded" class="field-item even"><p>In a previous job, I had a boss that I really admired. He's near the end of his career and his experience had made him wise. He was humble, but would chime in as needed. One of my favorites was his ability to bust out short one-liners that would hit the nail on the head. Around the water cooler, we regularly discussed open source. Here are some worth mentioning:</p>
<h3>Free like a puppy</h3>
<p>This one always made me chuckle. But, it's true in so many ways.</p></div>
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<span property="dc:title" content="Open source tools are free" class="rdf-meta element-hidden"></span>Wed, 30 Jul 2014 18:40:46 +0000adam.bergstein3189611 at http://www.acquia.comMigration Tips and Trickshttp://www.acquia.com/blog/migration-tips-and-tricks
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<div property="content:encoded" class="field-item even"><p><em>Cross-posted with permission from <a href="http://nerdstein.net/migration-tips-tricks" target="_blank">nerdstein</a></em></p>
<p>The <a href="https://www.drupal.org/project/migrate" target="_blank">Migrate module</a> is, hands down, the defacto way to migrate content in Drupal. The only knock against it, is the learning curve. All good things come to those who take the time and learn it.</p></div>
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<span property="dc:title" content="Migration Tips and Tricks" class="rdf-meta element-hidden"></span>Wed, 23 Jul 2014 13:18:59 +0000adam.bergstein3188361 at http://www.acquia.com